It is important to find a suitable potential supervisor who has room in their lab and enough funds to fullfill the funding package requirements. Before applying, it is strongly recommended that you take a look at the Faculty list below so that you an see which faculty members are conducting research in your area of interest. Applicants are encouraged to contact Graduate Faculty members directly.
PhD Research Supervisors - UTSC
| M. Andrade | To understand how the reproductive behaviours of males and females evolve through the interaction of sexual and natural selection in variable ecological contexts, and how this shapes individual phenotypes and population-level characteristics. |
| G. Arhonditsis | Aquatic biogeochemical modelling & plankton ecology |
| R. Boonstra | To understand the adaptations that animals in real world have in coping with stressful situations related to climate change |
| M. Cadotte | The ecological and evolutionary mechanisms generating patterns of species diversity and in applying this understanding to conservation issues |
| M. Dittrich | Microorganism-Mineral Interactions,Geomicrobiology, Biogeochemistry |
| J. Donaldson | Atmospheric and Physical Chemistry |
| N. Eyles | The last 4 billion years; Earth’s glacial history |
| R. Fulthorpe | Microbial Ecology, Environmental Ecology, Bioremediation |
| W. Gough | Climate change, meterology and ocean modelling |
| K. Howard | Groundwater research |
| M. Isaac | Agroecology; Plant-soil interactions; Biogeochemical cycling; Environment and Development |
| A. Izmaylov | Theoretical Physical Chemistry |
| K. Kerman | Analytical and Biological Chemistry |
| N. Klenk | Role of (environmental) science in society, the science-policy interface, the politics of knowledge co-production, mobilization and application, and new modes of environmental governance |
| B. Kraatz | Bioinorganic and Biological Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, & Water Contamination |
| N. Lovejoy | Biodiversity, biogeography, and phylogenetics of fishes |
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Wild Bees and Pollination, Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity, Invasion Biology and Ecosystem Functioning |
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| N. Mandrak | Biodiversity, Conservation, Freshwater fishes, Invasive species, Species at risk |
| C. Mitchell | Hydrology, biogeochemistry, mercury and metals cycling |
| A. Simpson | Analytical environmental chemistry |
| M. Simpson | Environmental and analytical geochemistry |
| R. Sullan | Interface of mechano-microbiology and materials-biosystems interactions |
| L. Tsuji | All aspects of the environment that affect health |
| G. Vanlerberghe | Metabolism, nutrition, and cell physiology in plants |
| O. Voznyy | Clean energy chemistry; Development of new materials for Li-ion batteries, hydrogen storage, CO2 capture, and photovoltaics |
| F. Wania | Environmental organic chemistry |
| M. Wells | Environmental fluid dynamics |
PhD Research Supervisors - St. George & UTM
Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
| G. Allen | Environmental Bioprocess Engineering Research |
| E. Edwards | Biodegradation, Biotransformation and Bioremediation of Organic Pollutants |
| G. Evans | Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR) |
Chemistry
| J. Abbatt | To study the fundamental physical chemistry of processes involved in global atmospheric change |
| J. Murphy | Understanding of the rates and mechanisms of chemical transformations in the environment |
Civil + Mineral Engineering
| J. Siegel | Healthy and sustainable buildings, Ventilation and indoor air quality in residential and commercial buildings, Control of indoor particulate matter, Secondary impacts of control technologies and strategies, Aerosol dynamics in indoor environments and HVAC systems. |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Marine/Aquatic Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Environmental Chemistry; Conservation Science |
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| D. Jackson | Ecology Of Populations, Communities & Ecosystems Theoretical & Computational Biology |
Forestry
| J. Malcolm | Wildlife (especially small mammal and insect) ecology, conservation biology, community ecology, tropical ecology, and landscape ecology |
| S. Smith | Forest entomology, biological control, biodiversity indices, and insect behaviour |
Geography
| J. Chen | Remote sensing, Geographical Information Systems, Biogeochemical Cycle Modelling, Hydrology, Micrometeorology |
| J. Desloges | The influence of rivers, glaciers and humans on landform development in the northern hemisphere |
| Y. He | The use of remote sensing techniques, spatial analysis, climate data, and ecosystem modelling in studies of natural or managed systems |
| I. Lehnherr | Impacts of stressors such as contaminants, nutrients, and climate and environmental change on northern aquatic ecosystems |
Earth Sciences
| B. Bergquist | Understanding of the biogeochemical cycles that are important for life on Earth |
| A. Miall | The study of sedimentary basins, with a particular interest in sequence stratigraphy, and in the sedimentology of nonmarine sandstones, and their value as reservoir rocks for oil and gas |
| B. Lollar | Use of compound specific stable isotope techniques to track the source and fate of organic contaminants in groundwater |
| U. Wortmann | Straddle marine geology, paleoceanography, and geomicrobiology |
| S. Cowling | Understanding the response of past, present and future vegetation to changes in regional and global climate |
| M. Diamond | To develop defensible strategies to improve environmental quality in systems subject to anthropogenically elevated contaminant inputs |
| S. Finkelstein | Focus on the recovery and analysis of paleoenvironmental records |
School of the Environment
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Metal emissions in urban environments and their human health impacts, contaminants and urban gardening, environmental health of vulnerable populations. |
Physics
| K. Strong | Atmospheric remote sounding for studies of ozone chemistry, climate, and air quality. Urban, Arctic, and planetary atmospheric science, long-term measurements of atmospheric composition, satellite validation, and laboratory spectroscopy. |
| D. Wunch | Experimental atmospheric physics, development and construction of remote-sensing experiments to measure trace gas concentrations in the atmosphere |